I feel really dumb asking this, but I couldn't find the answer anywhere else! I really, really want to get into cross country and eventing too, just not as much. But what I was wondering is can you just do cross country or do you have to do eventing?
I feel like I couldn't afford all the things that you need to buy for all the events and my main goal is to start doing cross country, because it interests me most out of all three of the eventing things. I mean I do want to get into dressage and showjumping, but cross country!

I haven't seen any just cross country shows, but I haven't looked for them either

As for the levels, here's a summary of the heights jumped at each one: Eventing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A lot of shows have lower levels that aren't defined by the USEA, and vary from show to show, such as "Hopeful" (up to 2', for example) or "Trot-a-trail" (up to 12", for example)

Another question, haha, can you go eventing shows and then just perform in cross country?

Thanks! If I could I'd probably only do beginner novice. I've never heard of hopefuls or trot-a-trail. Sounds interesting though. I'll probably begin competing when I'm older and actually move somewhere where they have cross country barns and horses.

That's the lowest level for recognized eventing. As verona pointed out, there are unrecognized shows (on rare occasions held in conjunction with the recognized events but more commonly held separately).

There are sometimes derbies and combined tests. Derbies are unrecognized and typically are a dressage test followed by a course that is a combination of SJ and XC. CTs can be recognized and officially are two of the three phases, though in the common practice is for one of those phases to be the dressage phase and most commonly the second phase is SJ.

In Ireland we have hunter trialing. That's a cross country course. You have to get the fastest time (I've won a few :P) and there are three sizes: pre novice, novice and open.
Pre novice is tiny. Highest would be 80 cm and the lowest would be 60 cm. For the tiny tots ;)
Novice is 80cm to a metre, and is for teenagers and young adults, and not so confident adults mainly.
Then there is the open, which is typically about the size of a * eventing cross country course (1.10 metre).
No, you can't go to an event and just do cross country. You would have to do all three disciplines. Dressage is first, and if you don't compete in that you are eliminated.

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